Outrageously Funny Word Dictionary :: Heterozygote

👉 In genetics, a heterozygote is a male or female individual who has at least one of two recessive alleles (a genotype with two copies of a gene). These are the two alleles that are present in the same amount in the sex cells of the same individual. The term "heterozygotes" refers to individuals whose genetic material contains both recessive alleles.

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👉 In genetics, a heterozygote is any organism with two distinct traits. These are called alleles, which represent different copies of a gene in an organism's DNA. The presence of one allele means that the trait is dominant (or dominant), and the absence of the other allele means that the trait is recessive (or recessive). For example, if an individual has the genotype AaBb, they are heterozygous for both alleles (A and B) because they have

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